Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds |
Argus shell () A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail. |
Ark shell () A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies. |
Boat shell () A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. |
Boat shell () A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba. |
Bubble shell () A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. |
Double (a.) Twofold |
Double (a.) Being in pairs |
Double (a.) Divided into two |
Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. |
Double (adv.) Twice |
Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like |
Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle |
Double (a.) To be the double of |
Double (a.) To pass around or by |
Double (a.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. |
Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value |
Double (v. i.) To return upon one's track |
Double (v. i.) To play tricks |
Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake |
Double (n.) Twice as much |
Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.) |
Double (n.) That which is doubled over or together |
Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues |
Double (n.) Something precisely equal or counterpart to another |
Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence |
Double (n.) Double beer |
Double (n.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. |
Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players |
Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites. |
Double-acting (a.) Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions |
Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart. |
Double-barreled (a.) Alt. of -barrelled |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side |
Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder. |
Double-charge (v. t.) To overcharge. |
Double dealer () One who practices double dealing |
Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. |
Double-decker (n.) A man-of-war having two gun decks. |
Double-decker (n.) A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. |
Double-dye (v. t.) To dye again or twice over. |
Double-dyed (a.) Dyed twice |
Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. |
Double-ender (n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end. |
Double-entendre (n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate. |
Double-eyed (a.) Having a deceitful look. |
Double-faced (a.) Having two faces designed for use |
Double-faced (a.) Deceitful |
double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
double stopping | stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time |
line-drive double line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
double two-base hit two-bagger two-baser | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base, he hit a double to deep centerfield |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
double leg circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels |
twin bill doubleheader double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
double dribble | an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop) |
double Dutch | the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners |
daily double | a single bet on two horse races in the same day |
double reverse | (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse |
double play | the act of getting two players out on one play |
double entry double-entry bookkeeping | bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
duplicity double-dealing | acting in bad faith, deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another |
shell game thimblerig | a swindling sleight-of-hand game, victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
doubling double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of , I decided his double was a bluff |
double take | a delayed reaction indicating surprise |
conchology shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells |
double jeopardy | the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried, prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution |
budgerigar budgereegah budgerygah budgie grass parakeet lovebird shell parakeet Melopsittacus undulatus | small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors |
carapace shell cuticle shield a | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
shell | the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |
scallop shell | a shell of a scallop |
oyster shell | a shell of an oyster |
tooth shell tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
abalone ear-shell | any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior |
scorpion shell | any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines |
moon shell moonshell | marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires |
bubble shell | marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell |
chiton coat-of-mail shell sea cradle polyplacophore | primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
ark shell | marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface |
hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
soft-shell crab soft-shelled crab | edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell |
brachiopod lamp shell lampshell | marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide |
artillery shell | a shell fired by artillery |
bass fiddle bass viol bull fiddle double bass contrabass string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
blank dummy blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
a bus autobus coach charabanc double-decker jitney motorbus motorcoach omnibus passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
contrabassoon contrafagotto double bassoon | the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family |
double bed | a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers |
double-bitted ax double-bitted axe Western ax Western axe | an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head |
double boiler double saucepan | two saucepans, one fitting inside the other |
double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
double clinch | a clinch with two loops |
double crochet double stitch | a kind of crochet stitch |